Russia... Meteor-1 To Make Waves In The Indian Ocean

Meteor 1, the Soviet Union’s first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, according to the U.S. Strategic Command's website. The Meteor satellite series was developed in the Soviet Union during the sixties. On March 26, 1969, a Vostok rocket launched Meteor -1, the very first version of the Soviet Meteor satellite network, into orbit. More

(Source: SatNews - Mar 28)